European Commission Accuses Meta of Violating Digital Services Act on Instagram and Facebook

The European Commission (EC) today accused Meta of violating its social media law by designing Facebook and Instagram to entice users to stay on the platforms longer, and ordered the disabling of „key addictive features.“ The EC accused Meta of these actions as part of an investigation under the Digital Services Act, which requires technology platforms to protect internet users, under threat of hefty fines. The European Commission stated that Meta did not properly